--Resource Guide--

Frances makes the cover!

Below is an updated listing of magazine publications researched and composed by Jeff Kauffman which reference and/or feature Frances Farmer to aid you in collecting.  While this list is by no means complete, it should get you started when you visit the used bookstores and antique shops in your area.   E-mail me should you discover a periodical to add to this resource guide. 

 

IN COLLECTION   *=minimal mention, i.e., repeated review from earlier issue, etc.

 

American Film

November 1978

p. 69 book review with pic

 

 

 

American Movie Classics

January 1990

p. 12-13 bio with pics

 

 

 

American Weekly

May 11, 1958

p. 18 I Climbed Out of the Depths

 

 

 

Cinema Arts

June 1937

p. 13 TONY ad

 

September 1937

p. 79 TONY pics; p. 95, Eliz. Arden ad

 

 

 

Classic Images

January 1994

Cover (EX); p. 6-10+, FF Presents (article)

 

 

 

Collier's

May 8, 1937

p. 21 I Dress as I Like

 

 

 

Coronet

February 1958

p. 44-55 The Return of an Actress

 

 

 

Esquire

October 1941

p. 88 Dutch Treat

 

 

 

Excelsior

June 3, 1936

Cover; pic inside (no pg. #s)

 

May 2, 1937

Cover

 

 

 

Exclusive

June 1954

p. 18-23 Hollywood: Wettest Town in the World (pic p. 19)

 

 

 

(Le) Film

August 6, 1939

p. 30 pic

 

 

 

Film Daily

May 17, 1937

Paramount ad insert with EX

 

 

 

Film Fun

November 1940

p. 15 SOPP pic

 

 

 

Films In Review

December 1970

p. 655-56 Letter to the Editor

 

August/Sept 1979

p. 406-414 Frances Farmer

 

 

 

Filmjournalen

January 9, 1938

p. 20-21 article with pics

 

 

 

Film Weekly

October 16, 1937

p. 8-9 Miss F’s Made Great Mistake; p.27 EX rev. (both w/pics)

Film Weekly

May 14, 1938

Cover (ET); p. 31 ET review

 

 

 

Focus

July 1954

p. 8 Beautiful People at Their Worst

 

 

 

Glance

June/July 1948

p. 10-11 Does Sin Rule Hollywood?

 

 

 

Hollywood

March 1937

p. 31 No Girl in Yes Town; p. 64 pic; p. 66 pic

 

May 1937

p. 16 Rainer/Odets; p.70 pic

 

October 1937

p. 32 She Won’t Put on an Act

 

November 1937*

 

 

September 1941

p. 55 Miss Farmer Regrets

 

 

 

Hollywood Sex Scandals

1976

Back cover; p. 41

 

 

 

Hollywood Studio Magazine

February 1982

p. 29 bio with pic

 

 

 

Hollywood Then and Now

December 1990

p. 14-17 FF:  A Hollywood Tragedy

 

 

 

Horoscope

September 1982

Cover; p. 14-20 FF’s Tragic Destiny

 

 

 

Imagenes

April 1946

(no pg. #s—Locura de Amor w/pic)

 

 

 

Inside Detective

April 1943

p. 45 Unscheduled Performance

 

 

 

International Photographer

November 1940

p. 14-15 SOPP pics

 

 

 

Ladies Home Journal

February 1938

Cover, mention in Editor’s Column

 

 

 

Liberty

January 23, 1937

p. 12 pic

 

September 4, 1937

p. 53-54 EX review

 

November 13, 1937

p. 35 ET review with pic

 

 

 

Life

August 2, 1937

p. 42-44 TONY

 

August 23, 1937

p. 28 At Mrs. Beam’s

 

January 17, 1938

p. 24-25 GB; p. 26-27 FF

 

January 30, 1939

p. 21 pic

 

 

 

Look

October 26, 1937

p. 36-37 ET with pics

 

November 23, 1937

p. 33 color ET ad

 

February 1, 1938

p. 30-31 Hollywood Brides (p. 31 ROR pic)

 

 

 

Lowdown

July 1956

Cover pic; p. 30-31 Wine:  The Love Potion

 

January 1957

p. 4 pic

 

September 1958

Cover blurb; p. 18-19 How FF Beat the Bottle

 

 

 

Modern Movies

November 1937

p. 19 pic

 

December 1937

p. 56-57 Why Don’t They Leave Me Alone?

 

 

 

Modern Screen

November 1936

p. 62-63 You’ll Be Seein’ Us

 

March 1937

p. 48 Farmer Takes the Show

 

May 1937*

 

 

June 1937

p. 9 TONY ad

 

August 1937*

 

 

October 1937

p. 7 TONY review; p. 29 pic

 

December 1937

p. 7 ET ad

 

February 1938

p. 42 Nobody’s Yes Girl

 

January 1939

p. 34 The Farmer’s Husband

 

December 1957

p. 56-57 Seven Christmases of FF

 

 

 

Motion Picture

November 1936

p. 47 pic

 

February 1937

p. 33 pic

 

March 1937

p. 34-35 Life & Loves of FF

 

October 1937

Cover blurb “Bombshell”; p. 36 article w/pics

 

December 1937

Cover

 

May 1942

p. 39 Why Hollywood Slapped FF

 

April 1943

Cover blurb; p. 32 Strange, Tragic Story of FF

 

August 1974

p. 6 I’m Afraid of This Woman

 

 

 

Movie Classic

November 1936

p. 36 Meet Frances Farmer

 

 

 

Movie Life

November 1937

p. 12 candid; p.44-45 ET

 

September 1940*

 

 

 

 

Movie Life Yearbook

1970

p. 24 Obit

 

 

 

Movie Mirror

April 1937

p. 50-51 FF’s Unconventional Love Story

 

October 1937*

 

 

January 1938

p. 52-53 The Future of Frances Farmer

 

 

 

Movie-Radio Guide

Aug. 30-Sept. 5, 1941

p. 10 WP pics (with monkey)

 

 

 

Movie Story

August 1937

p. 7 TONY ad; p.33-35 EX

 

October 1940

p. 36-37 FG

 

 

 

Movies

September 1940

p. 9 SOPP ad; p. 47 FF Faces the Future

 

 

 

Newsweek

January 25, 1943

p. 29 arrest w/pic

 

 

 

Night and Day

November 1950

p. 10 Tragedy Stalks the Movie Stars (pic p. 13)

 

 

 

Novenella

December 6, 1936

p. 5 pic

 

 

 

On the QT

November 1957

p. 24-25 Did the Reds Flip FF?

 

 

 

Photoplay

May 1936

p. 42 pic

 

September 1936

p. 18 pic

 

October 1936

p. 70 ROR review

 

November 1936

p. 40 pic

 

December 1936

p. 19 CAGI color pic

 

January 1937

p. 12 pic; p.56 CAGI review w/pic

 

February 1937

p. 44-45 Miss Sex Appeal of ’37; p. 76 pic

 

March 1937*

 

 

April 1937

p. 79 pic

 

May 1937*

 

 

June 1937

p. 30 candid

 

July 1937*

 

 

August 1937

p. 41 candid; p. 101 pics

 

September 1937

p. 40-41 Screen Test; p. 59 TONY review

 

October 1937

p. 52 ET; p. 56 EX; p. 95 Elizabeth Arden ad

 

November 1937*

 

 

December 1937

p. 55 ET review w/pic

 

November 1938

p. 47 candid; p. 50 candid

 

February 1939

p. 48 RACM review

 

July 1940

p. 44 SOPP pic

 

August 1942

p. 10 mention of divorce from Erickson

 

April 1943

p. 28-29 Hedda Hopper’s Own Academy Awards

 

 

 

PIC

March 8, 1938

Back cover GB pic

 

 

 

Picturegoer

February 13, 1937

Cover; p. 14-15 Usherette to Star

 

February 12, 1938

p. 13 She Broke a Tradition

 

 

 

Picture Play

May 1936

p. 12 pic; p. 21 pic; p. 92 TMP pic

 

November 1936

p. 28-29 CAGI pics

 

April 1937

p. 52 She Came and Got It

 

 

 

Picture Show

December 19, 1936

Cover; p. 13 BF

 

August 14, 1937

p. 5 TONY rev; p. 9 Strong Sex Films; p. 10 Vanishing Cream

 

January 29, 1938

Cover; p. 14 EX; p. 19 EX rev

 

 

 

Police Gazette

October 1957

Cover; p. 16-17 Can FF Stay Out of the Snake Pit?

 

 

 

(La) Prensa

April 17, 1938

Cover portrait

 

 

 

Romantic Movie Story

April 1937

p. 18 radio candid; p. 45 TONY article

 

 

 

Screen Album

Summer 1937

p. 25

 

Fall Edition 11/37-1/38

p. 5

 

 

 

ScreenBook

February 1937

p. 5; p. 50-51 Ushering in FF

 

July 1937

p. 50 (Luise R. on p. 51)

 

October 1937

p. 17 EX review; p. 106 “Bombshell” promo

 

December 1937

p. 7 ET ad; p. 46 Learn Acting on the Stage

 

 

 

Screen Guide Photo Parade

December 1937*

 

 

 

 

Screenland

April 1937

p. 23 Workaday Girl

 

September 1937

p. 66 EX pic; p. 95 Eliz. Arden ad

 

October 1937

p. 21 Editor’s Letter

 

January 1939

p.45 pic (RACM); p. 50 Most Beautiful Still (Last Ride)

 

March 1942*

p. 14 ATL review

 

 

 

Screen Pictorial

July 1937

p. 22-23 Fame for FF

 

May 1938

p. 15-18 Ebb Tide;

 

 

 

ScreenPlay

January 1937

p. 32 pic; p. 56 CAGI review w/pic

 

May 1937

p. 33 pic

 

 

 

Screen Romances

August 1936

p. 83-97 ROR

 

May 1937

p. 38-39 TONY

 

June 1937

p. 28 pic

 

August 1937

p. 68-69 EX

 

November 1937

p. 20-23 ET

 

November 1938

p. 64-67 Escape from Yesterday

 

July 1940

p. 45-52 SOPP

 

June 1946

p. 44-45 CAGI (Encore)

 

 

 

Screen Stories

April 1960

p. 62-65 Where Are They Now?

 

 

 

Seattle

June 1996

p. 28-33 Famous Seattleites (pic p. 33)

 

 

 

Silver Screen

February 1937

p. 44-45 Beauties of the Screen

 

March 1937*

 

 

April 1937

p. 34 An Inside Job?

 

May 1937

p. 60 Alas the Poor Players

 

July 1937

p. 24-25 How It’s Done

 

November 1937

p. 36 pic w/dog

 

June 1939

 

 

March 1942

p. 40 SOF pic

 

 

 

Stage

February 1938

p. 65 GB pic; p. 69 Lux ad

 

 

 

Stage/After Dark

April 1, 1939

p. 5 Quiet City

 

 

 

Sunset

December 1941

Inside cover natural gas ad

 

 

 

This was Hollywood

Annual 1955

p. 22 bio

 

 

 

Theater Arts

January 1940

p. 17 Thunder Rock pic

 

 

 

Think

1938 (no date)

Cover pic “Escape from Yesterday”

 

 

 

Time

November 15, 1937

p. 25-26 GB review

 

December 5, 1938

Odets cover and article

 

January 25, 1943

p. 67 arrest

 

 

 

Tip-Off

December 1956

p. 42-43 Baby Sitters in Long Pants, pic. p. 43

 

 

 

TV News (Indianapolis)

7/11/59

 

 

7/25/59

 

 

6/11/60

 

 

7/21/62

 

 

10/19/63

 

 

 

 

TV Picture Life

September 1964

p. 43 Stars of the Late Show

 

 

 

TV Radio Mirror

August 1960

p. 10 Presenting FF

 

 

 

Vogue

January 15, 1937

p. 86 tennis pic

 

September 15, 1937

p. 100-101 feature with pics

 

November 15, 1939

p. 47 Tower of Light pic

 

 

Index

This page last updated 2001, Jan 04

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